Mohammed word greatest military leader

Submitted by Alex B (Canada), May 29, 2021 at 20:46

Doug, I do agree with you in principle, but I do believe that Islam is an exception. It is different from examples that you mentioned. Their existence ended by total victory and unconditional surrender. The main difference of Islam is that it does not have central authority which controls its actions. This is actually only partially true because the Shia Islam currently has a central authority in Iran and it is the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. On the other hand, the Sunni Islam which is the version of Islamic doctrine followed by the majority of Muslims in the world does not have a person that is considered supreme leader. The ultimate doctrine of Sunni Islam are the words and deeds of Mohammed (called Sunna) and the Koran that is believed to be the word of Allah (the Muslim God) as he passed it on to Mohammed the messenger of Allah via Angel Gabriel.
During the 1400 years of Islam existence it suffered quite a number of defeats that could have ended the existence of other doctrines. The main causes for Islam's endurance and success are that it was designed by Mohammed to be a religion/political doctrine which motivates individual Moslems and Muslim armies to spread Islam all over the world by all means. Anything that advances the spread of Islam must be used whether they are benign, deceitful, or violent. Obviously, nonviolent methods of spreading Islam are preferred. One of the widely used methods is deceiving the non-believers by pretending that the Muslim is not a Muslim but follower of the religion of the non-believer. It is obligatory if that advances the case of Islam. To do that the Muslim can skip the daily prayers, drink wine or beer, eat pork, and even denigrate Mohammed.
There are SIX DIFFERENT WAYS of deception that are permissible (and encouraged) in Islam:
Taqiyya (Shia) or Muda'rat (Sunni): tactical deceit for the purposes of spreading Islam.
•Kitman: deceit by omission. •Tawriya: deceit by ambiguity.
•Taysir: deceit through facilitation (not having to observe all the tenets of Sharia).
•Darura: deceit through necessity (to engage in something "Haram" or forbidden).
•Muruna: the temporary suspension of Sharia to make Muslim migrants appear "moderate."
Muslims imitate Allah 'THE GREATEST OF DECEIVERS'.
Allahu khayru al-makireena – Koran. 3:54; cf. 8:30
If peaceful methods don't work violent methods are perfectly legal. Young Muslims are encouraged to sacrifice themselves to terrorize the nonbelievers. Mohammed invented a paradise which promises sumptuous afterlife for anyone that martyred himself while fighting and terrorizing the infidels. This afterlife provides all imaginable earthly pleasures including sexual services of beautiful young virgins, (boys for gays and women) rivers of wine, milk, and honey. To make it more enticing the parents of the Martyr will share with him the pleasures of afterlife.
I consider Mohammed as the greatest military leader ever. He managed to inspire Muslims to become fearless warriors ready to sacrifice themselves to advance Islam and doing that 1400 years following death of Mohammed. Let's not fool ourselves it's working if it will not be stopped and reversed all the humans on this planet will become Muslim converts or Dhimmi slaves of the Muslims. The culture of this world will sink into 7th century desert barbarism.
In my view the only belief that has a fighting chance to arrest the takeover of this planet by Islam is pantheism. Pantheism is a belief that God is manifested by the nature. The nature is governed by the laws of science of nature. There are four major branches of sciences of nature. Physical science, biological science, logic & mathematic, and social science. Since Islam and all other religions will not surrender without fight the only nation that has the resources, leadership, boldness and military force to counter that is China. I do believe although it is not declared that the official religion of China and of its leaders is pantheism.
What will be casus belli for China to get involved it will be a China hostile Muslim entity getting their hand on Thermonuclear weapons by winning elections of a European country that possesses Thermonuclear weapons and threatening China to use it.

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